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Akincana Krishna Dasa Babaji Maharaja

   "Srila Prabhupada said that Krishna Dasa Babaji was akincana (free
from all material attachments and possessions) and a paramahamsa
(a swan-like pure Devotee). He was attached only to chanting the Holy
Name of Krishna. Born in E. Bengal, he began Krishna consciousness
in college, joined the Gaudiya Math, and took initiation from Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
 
   "His sole engagement in the Temple was chanting Hare Krishna day
and night. His Godbrothers, however, complained to Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. He told them his chanting was
ne and that they should encourage him. He further said that they
should place one newspaper ad, inviting all sincere men who were
willing to chant Krishna's name all day and night to join the Gaudiya
Math. A few men came, chanted, and left. But Krishna Dasa remained
steady in his chanting. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati ordered his
men to provide all facility to the babaji.
Akincana Krishna Dasa Babaji Maharaja.  
    "Continually chanting Hare Krishna, Krishna Dasa Babaji began
wandering all over India, especially in Mayapur and Vrindavana. He
was fond of repeating the last instruction of Srimad Bhagavatam, 'Always chant Hare Krishna and o er
obeisances to the Lord.' Before singing, which he liked, he would always glorify the previous acaryas.
 
   "While he was performing kirtana at Srila Prabhupada's sannyasa initiation in Mathura, Srila Prabhupada told
him to chant more. At that time, Krishna Dasa realized that Srila Prabhupada would lead a worldwide Hare
Krishna movement. When remembering Srila Prabhupada, Krishna Dasa would often tell us:

    'Your spiritual master is the greatest spiritual master who has ever existed, more than any other spiritual
master. More miracles, more work than anyone before. Why? Because no other spiritual master was such a
great servant of the Holy Name. And because he took the Holy Name all over the world.'
 
   "Krishna Dasa would never accept any honor or gifts. Although he would accept maha-prasadam garlands,
and then immeditately remove them. Near the end of his life, a reputable doctor examined his heart with a
stethoscope. The surprised doctor and several other witnesses heard the most incredible: and unbelievable
sound. Instead of hearing the normal heartbeat, lub-dub lub-dub lub-dub, they heard the maha-mantra

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vibrating from within Krishna Dasa Babaji's heart, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare
Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. On this day of his divine disappearance, we should pray to Krishna
Dasa Babaji Maharaja for the blessings of attraction for chanting the Holy Name of Krishna." (B.B. Govinda
Maharaja memoirs) 

...they heard the maha-mantra vibrating from within Krishna Dasa Babaji's heart, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna
Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

    Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Dasa, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada and an acquaintance of Krishna Dasa Babaji
Maharaja, gives this account:

   "Krishna Dasa Babaji Maharaja was a close friend of Srila Prabhupada and a great well-wisher of his disciples.
Whenever we would ask him questions, his usual answer was Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare
Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Although highly educated and uent in both English and
Bengali, he mostly just kept chanting Hare Krishna. When a Devotee would o er him obeisances and ask,
'Krishna Dasa, please give me your mercy?' Babaji Maharaja would reply,
'No, you please give me your mercy. I need it more.'
 
   "He was always absorbed in hearing and chanting Krishna's Holy Names. He had no disciples. Being dear to

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all Devotees of the Lord, he was warmly received wherever he traveled. He was always jolly. Regardless of what
was happening, he would respond by saying, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, and chuckle slightly or laugh.

   "Despite his old age and seemingly frail body, whenever he picked up a mrdanga to glorify Krishna he would
play the drum with masterful expertise. He would sing with intense devotional concentration, his voice
expressing his deep inner feelings of love for Krishna. He would wander around Vraja mandala visiting the
places of Krishna's pastimes. He would sit down at one and chant Krishna's glories with tears of ecstatic love in
his eyes.
 
   "We brought him to Pavana Sarovara in Nandagrama to spend his last days absorbed in bhajana. When we
asked him for any last instruction, he just laughed and said, 'My only instruction is to chant Hare Krishna. That's
all there is.'
 
   In a small song book, in which he kept notes, Krishna Dasa Babaji made this last entry before leaving
this world:
 
    'Chanting the Holy Name of Krishna is the true nectar. The Holy Name is like honey. Hare Krishna Hare
Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.' His samadhi is in
Nandagrama at Pavana Sarovara within the Gaudiya Math Temple at Sri Sanatana Gosvami's bhajana sthali. 

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'Chanting the Holy Name of Krishna is the true nectar. The Holy Name is like honey. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna

Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.' Krishna Dasa Babaji.

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